These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

I can always say I led off for the New York Yankees. It's an amazing feeling.

If you don't get it right with your first family, you can always do it again with another.

I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they're going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

In television, the creator is really the voice...

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.